Here are the beer cellar reviews, listed according to their scores. Those graded with identical scores are listed together, without any significance to their internal order.
| Top Scoring | Alphabetical (by beer) | Alphabetical (by brewery) |
| Beer | Brewery | ABV (%) | Comments | Score:/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leffe Brune | Leffe | 6.50 | Very dark colour will fullsome head. Roasted malt, caramel, bitter and sweet. Server at 3-5 degrees in a wet chalice glass. | 9.5 |
| Bush Amber | Duboission | 12.00 | Strong beer, despite the colour. Bitter sweet with strong firmness. | 9.5 |
| Mongozo Coconut | Mongozo | 3.50 | Single coconut taste, done well. It has a musky golden color with a white head. Has an aroma of pineapple and coconut. Hint of wheat at end of mouthfeel | 9.5 |
| Kingston Black | Hecks | 8.00 | Strong dry, spicy tang. Tout at back. Single blend cider with a lot of complexity. Cloudy cider withyellow, orange and gold colours. | 9.5 |
| Westvleteren 12 | Westvleteren | 10.20 | Dark ruby, soft foam, fruit and floral aroma (could be perfume!), strong taste of anything you want it to be. | 9.5 |
| Rochefort Trappist 10 | Rochefort | 11.30 | Deep rich aroma, chocolate with sweetness and licorice. | 9.5 |
| Chapeau Lemon | DeTroch | 3.50 | Amber beer, competing lemon and bitter. | 9.0 |
| Kasteel Brune | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 11.00 | Top fermented with barley malt. Full bitter mouthfeel, long linger sweet aftertaste. | 9.0 |
| Country Cool | Grisette | 3.50 | Primarily apple. Refreshing. Little aftertaste. | 9.0 |
| Adelscott | Fischer | 6.60 | Clear amber pils, with small head, but made with Whisky. Fruity notes and salmon aroma and dry finish. Good coating at end. Fizziness is similar to lager. | 9.0 |
| Rauchbier Märzen | Brauerei Heller-Trum | 5.10 | A slightly red, smoked beer! Like bacon or kippers, but never overpowering. | 9.0 |
| Old Tom | Robinsons | 8.50 | Strong ale, good lasting head. Warm pepperish taste that's pure liquid licorice. A comfort beer, in every sense. | 9.0 |
| Brakspear Triple | Brakspear | 7.20 | Nuts in taste, and on the nose. With soft caramel and malts. Like and English Chimay. Has three processes. Goes with blue cheese. | 9.0 |
| Fursty Ferret | Hall and Woodhouse | 4.40 | Golden orange colour. Off-white head, and toffee aroma. Fruit, citris,pepper tastes, with a good (but not overpowering) caramel taste. | 9.0 |
| Double Chocolate Stout | Wells and Youngs | 5.20 | Multi-medal winning dark ale, with complex rich chocolate malts and full mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Perfect beer to end an evening, or as comfort ale. | 9.0 |
| Dorothy Goodbody Wholesome Stout | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.60 | Black, with a full and creamy head. Slightly dry, nutty and chocolate notes on the nose, with a slight thin fizz. | 9.0 |
| Golden Pride | Fullers | 8.50 | Mahogany red, with toffee, spices, and malt flavours. Imagine a London Pride, but turned to 11. | 9.0 |
| Affligem Noel | Affligem | 9.00 | A dark spicy brew, with many many hiddens tastes such as cinnamon, fruit, sugary malts, aniseed, nutmeg, citrus and raisins | 9.0 |
| Rodenbach Grand Cru | Brouwerij Rodenbach (Palm) | 6.00 | "Happy Juice" | 9.0 |
| Duchesse de Bourgogne | Brouwerij Verhaeghe | 6.00 | 9.0 | |
| St. Bernardus Abt 12 | St. Bernardus | 10.50 | Rich ruby brown colour with spice and herbs in the taste, alongside the typical caramel and chocolate. | 9.0 |
| Spindrift | Adnams | 5.00 | Cold filtered, tastes not disimillar to Leffe Blonde | 9.0 |
| St Bernardus Abt 12 | Brouwerij ST.Bernard | 10.50 | Dark colour with soft rich flavour, and elements of fruit. | 9.0 |
| Grottenbier | Brouwerij ST.Bernard | 6.50 | Kept cool in caves at 11, this has 2nd bottle fermentation, and medium dark look with more taste than expected. Really tasty. | 9.0 |
| Choko Stout | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Pitch black beer with cola-like foam. Choc and vanilla aroma and smooth fluid mouth feel with a holding chocolate aftertaste akin to melted chocolate. Tastes like combination of dark and milk chocolate, like a gooey choc brownie. Good final beer of evenin | 9.0 |
| Yule Ale | Rise Bryggeri | 7.00 | Reddish ale with sweet and slightly spicy tang and gentle fizz. Has notes of a less rich ESB. Touch of banana. | 9.0 |
| Golden Pride (tap) | Fullers | 8.50 | As stunning as the bottled variety, with extra heat on a/t, like aroma of double salt licorice. Needs a coupe of mouthfulls to get into it. | 9.0 |
| Chateau Rouge | Goutte d'Or | 6.50 | A proper red beer. Balanced. Tasty. | 9.0 |
| Death or Glory | Tring | 7.20 | Strong, dark, and very much a barley wine. Could be a Christmas pudding in liquid form. | 9.0 |
| Centurian's ghost | York | 5.40 | Hollow at start, but solid by end. Heading towards a session dark. A grower. | 8.5 |
| Blakeney Red | Hecks | 6.50 | Enjoyable tartness, good kick, Wonderful! | 8.5 |
| Liberty Ale | Anchor | 6.00 | Good America IPA. Good solid hop bitterness, balanced with aromatic sweetness courtesy of the malts. | 8.5 |
| Butty Bach | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.50 | Full but understated ale, disipating head, smooth and light with dedicate fizz. | 8.5 |
| Old Growler | Nethergate Brewery | 5.50 | A true winter beer. Deep ruby colours, with smooth roast malts and fruit tangs. Touch of licorice. Better than Pied Boeuf. | 8.5 |
| Strong Arm | Camerons | 4.00 | Deep ruby red coloured ale. Small full cream head. Tingles on tongue before a rush of smooth cream overpowers it. Lefted with creamed layer on tongue, and velvet head on lips. | 8.5 |
| 1845 | Fullers | 6.30 | Highly spiced, rich, copper/ruby ale. Bottled only. Good malt, slight sour taste, but pleasent. Fullsome mouthfeel. | 8.5 |
| Newtons Medium Perry | Newtons | 7.00 | Strong pear taste, especially at end. Easy drinking, very good. | 8.5 |
| Malzbier | Cramer | 0.00 | Very dark brown red body, fine head. Malt syrup but goes down smooth despite appearance. Slight hold on aftertaste. Hints of honey | 8.5 |
| Brand Pils | Brand | 5.00 | Despite being a pils, and from Heineken, this has a good hoppy taste which follows through into aftertaste. In short pils with bite and interest. Not disilimar to Urquell. | 8.5 |
| Dancing Hen | Felstar | 6.00 | Brewed using double decoction. Quite sweet, but other many interest flavours, none of them easy to describe. Therefore, try it! | 8.5 |
| Christmas Ale | Anchor Steam | 0.00 | Variable - depending on the year | 8.5 |
| Perry | Broadoak | 7.50 | Mild pear drop taste, with very weak lime over the top. No fizz. Infinitely drinkable | 8.5 |
| Den Udødelige Hest | Svaneke Bryghuset | 7.50 | Guinness dark colour with dark brown foam head. Strong grain aroma. Caramel, roasted grain, very rich and filling taste, but a little too fizzy on after taste. | 8.5 |
| Yarlington Mill | Gwatkins | 8.00 | Fizzy golden yellow cider. Full-on apple aroma. Slightly too much syrup. Clean. No sediment. | 8.5 |
| Schiehallion | Harviestoun | 4.80 | Hoppy, strong and spicy which jumps out; something to remind you that lager can bite. | 8.5 |
| Maibock | Gordon Biersch | 8.00 | Tart bitter taste, with dryness holding into the a/t. A very perculiar over-arching taste (similarities to Dancing Hen from Felstar). Also named "Abusive Girlfriend", because it's strong abv makes it very bad for you; but the intruiging taste makes you co | 8.5 |
| Verboden Vrucht | Hoegaarden | 0.00 | The forbidden fruit with adam and eve label. Melted honey on toast flavour, with fizz. Medium brown husk appearance with shade similar to Grottenbier. Smooth, enjoyable | 8.5 |
| Jura | Paradox | 15.00 | Overly dark and creamy, with a tight pallet and tayberry feel in mouth and on taste. Notes of dark demorare sugar, but without a full sweetness aftertaste. The whisky cask certainly helps here, and while Jura isn't my favourite Whisky, it's good enoug | 8.5 |
| Fraoch | William Bros Brewing Company | 5.00 | Amber ale with moderate malt taste, herbal (heather) flavours, and flora aroma. Good dry finish. | 8.5 |
| Saison - 01|05 - Saphir & Lemon | Brew by Numbers | 5.30 | Light and refreshing, but with taste. Impressive piece of work. | 8.5 |
| The Abbot's Confession | Greene King | 8.50 | Red ruby color, with sweet and richness akin to ESB, or a Golden Pride if someone tipped berries into it | 8.5 |
| Tally-Ho | Adnams | 4.10 | Heading to a barley wine. Too sweet and cloying, really, with dark cherry bite. Biscuit and raisin on palate. Have no more than 1/3 | 8.5 |
| Whisky Cask Cider | Thistly Cross | 6.90 | Honey gives it a clear look and very smooth taste. Quite dry. Drink lots! | 8.5 |
| Nightporter | Bronckhorster | 8.00 | Pitch black stout. Chocolate, coffee, and liquorice. Too strong a coffee (for me) w/ berry hints. (7/10 for me 8.5 if you're coffee fan) | 8.5 |
| Skull Splitter | Orkney | 8.50 | Strong with fruity malt, and touches of balanced hop. With sweetness and spiceness. | 8.5 |
| Whisky Cask | Thistly Cross | 6.90 | Blurb says: Matured in ex-Glen Moray (previously Glenglassaugh Distillery) whisky casks this is a dry & subtle cider. Infused with mellow, vanilla oak of the cask. Nothing to add! | 8.5 |
| Piraat | Van Steenberge | 10.50 | Solid, but not a pils. Strong, with strong aftertaste. | 8.0 |
| Dubble | Witkap Pater | 7.00 | Strong, solid brown. Like a winter ale, without having the xmas branding. It holds a wet aftertaste. | 8.0 |
| Fraises | Chapeau De Troch | 3.50 | Fresh strawberries. Similar to a triffle, or jelly. Because it’s got the creaminess of a triffle. And the fresh is because it tastes like real fresh straws have been used, and not concentrate. | 8.0 |
| Le Verger de Giverny | The orchard of Giverny | 5.00 | Sweet, slightly syrupy (so better watered with ice). Golden color. | 8.0 |
| Moonraker | J W Lees | 7.50 | Smooth, 2nd hit of caramel, dry. Holds on the palette. Good with food. Might be too much for session. | 8.0 |
| Oscar Wilde | Mighty Oak | 3.50 | A good mild with hints of chocolate, malt, and coffee. | 8.0 |
| Grottenbeir | St Bernadus | 6.50 | Aromatic dark ale, thin, but nice taste. CO2 holds in the mouth | 8.0 |
| Malheur Dark Brut | Malheur | 12.00 | Very strong, burnt caramel, disparates flavours with good complexities | 8.0 |
| Fruit de Bois | Grisette | 3.50 | Liquid fruit, sweet, light, minimal CO2 and lingering aftertaste | 8.0 |
| Wittekerk Rose | Bavik | 4.30 | Wheat-based fruit beer. Raspberry aroma. Not too sweet. | 8.0 |
| Pitch black | Everards | 4.30 | Dark stout, roast aftertaste, strong bitter. | 8.0 |
| Hoegaarden Rosé | Hoegaarden, InBev | 4.50 | Very fruity nose, very little as it goes down, but very little sweetness. Framboise dies quickly. | 8.0 |
| Kasteel Blonde | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 11.00 | Good blonde leanings, with fizz. Both dissipate. | 8.0 |
| Leute Bokbier | Van Steenberge | 7.50 | Good solid brown/dark red beer. Very prominent aftertaste. Yeast, cheery, and fruit flavours. | 8.0 |
| Dorothy Goodbodys Golden Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.20 | Great aroma of hops and citris, with smooth flow and gentle mouthfeel. Has a few bubbles. Earthy finish | 8.0 |
| Old Bob | Ridley's, through Greene King | 5.10 | Rounded, smooth, red bitter. Dark fruity aroma. Enjoyable direct mouthfeel. | 8.0 |
| Coopers Sparking Ale | Coopers | 5.80 | Light, fizzy, and refreshing, with golden colour and quite sweet malts. Yeast must be suspended. | 8.0 |
| Abbot Ale | Greene King | 5.00 | Full ripe flavours or malt, hops, with fruit and floral over tones. Good for cold weather. | 8.0 |
| Jaipur IPA | Thornbridge Brewery | 5.90 | Lovely bouquet, underpinning the honey tastes than come later. Strong hoppiness, which dissipates into a tight bitter finish | 8.0 |
| Keizer Karel | Haacht | 9.00 | Blonde Belgian beer with truly wonderful aroma. Hoppy and light, but heavy in alcohol. Intriguing. | 8.0 |
| Temptation | Durham Brewery | 10.00 | A Russian stout with black body, cola-like head, with brown scintilating head rounded bitterness with soft chocolate malts, hints of burnt coffee and licorice. | 8.0 |
| Ramblers Ruin | Breconshire Brewery | 5.00 | Dark amber beer made with crystal and black malts. Mild tastings, smooth with sensible head and good body. Holds with soft malt in mouth. Touch of biscuit. | 8.0 |
| Otley Garden | Otley Brewing | 5.40 | Honey touches throughout beer - mouthfeel, taste and follow-through. Light, murky (but pleasant) visually, with light co2. | 8.0 |
| Three Feathers | Great Orme | 5.00 | Good mix of bitter and sweet. Slight cream texture. Light taste and mouthfeel. | 8.0 |
| Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen | Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group) | 5.00 | Sweet apple and citrus aroma. Amber colour wheat beer with tang of green banana. Not much of aftertaste, which is fortunate given the fruits already present. | 8.0 |
| Brand Dark Brown | Brand | 3.50 | Brown ale, like name suggests. Light malt taste (like a malzbier-lite), strong aftertaste of hop and honey, with all tastes pulling together. | 8.0 |
| Redstreak SV | Perry’s of Somerset | 6.00 | A cider, despite the name. Medium sweet, intoxicating aroma. Good introduction to real cider. | 8.0 |
| A over T | Hogsback | 9.00 | A strange beer from this, usually traditional, brewery. Very strong in alcohol and flavour, like liquid raisins - which occupy nose and pallet. For dedicated fans only. | 8.0 |
| Alton's Pride | Triple FFF | 3.80 | Light golden, but slightly cloudy, sharp fizzy beer with slight malt and growing aftertaste. Won 2008 champion beer. Good standard, yet inoffensive, beer. | 8.0 |
| Black Dog Freddy | Beckstones | 3.80 | Black in name and nature. Not hollow, but balanced and slight in taste and a/t. Mellow throughout, while keeping all characteristics of a mild. Grows to session. | 8.0 |
| Monkman's Slaughter | Cropton | 6.00 | Full rounded beer which is nicely rich and warmed like a coal fire at midnight. A full-rounded mouthfeel and taste reminiscent of fruit and nut chocolate, slightly over burnt with caramel. | 8.0 |
| Ruby Mild | Hopshackle | 5.80 | Dark ruby in colour, with light foam head. Basic malt aromd, but sweet malts means strains of Belgian stout, "Hercule" are here - only without the licorice. | 8.0 |
| Redwing | Potton | 4.80 | Red means ruby - ruby in full-bodied visual appeal, ruby in follow through, ruby in the malt and fruit aroma. Quickly dying fruit finish. | 8.0 |
| Taiphoon | Hopback Brewery | 4.20 | Light ale with corresponding light golden colour. Soft foam head, and delicate taste. Primary tang is lemongrass, making it good for mild curries (as anything stronger would destroy the taste) slight fruityness also. Although soft cream and mixed hop tast | 8.0 |
| Gulden Draak | Brewery Van Steenberge | 10.50 | Triple. Dark as Kasteel Bruin, with a light tart-ness like a Faro or Gueuze. Good beer, but not sure what it wants to be. | 8.0 |
| Hertog Jan Gran Prestige | Arcense Bierbrouwerij | 10.00 | Dark, malty beer with smokiness (often attributed to mild coffee/chocolate) SOmetimes considered a barley wine. | 8.0 |
| Kingston Black | Millwights | 6.00 | Dry, good follows at back of mouth, but not as interesting or layered as the Heck's cider from the same apple | 8.0 |
| Double Brown Ale | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Raisin aroma with sour dough mouthfeel. Deep brown, foamy head, gives way to quaffable, session brown ale, more taste in aftertaste that during drinking. | 8.0 |
| Rød Quinua | Søgaards Bryghus | 4.50 | Golden red beer with fruit blossom. Morrello (sour) cherry. Not sure if this is trying to be a ruby beer and misses or a fruit beer and makes it. | 8.0 |
| Stout Kong Arthur | Rise Bryggeri | 6.00 | Dense black beer, with roast grain and bitter chocolate on the nose. Rich roasted grain and smooth warming taste, between a stout and a mild. Would hold its own in the UK stout market | 8.0 |
| Utzon Center Dark | Søgaards Bryghus | 5.60 | Solid black appearance, but the base maintains a transparency with visible suspended grain. Distinctive smell roasted malts, follows in taste, reminiscent of good English mild stout. Good accompaniment to a traditional home made steak pie | 8.0 |
| Gwatkins Perry | Gwatkins | 8.00 | Fizzy, full mouthfeel, continues to tingle in aftertaste | 8.0 |
| IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Masculine beer, with aromatic nose. Light but full bitterness, with slight rough after-taste. | 8.0 |
| Coffee Porter | Meantime | 6.00 | Aroma of unroasted beans, taste of cold coffee. Drinkable in an odd way. Enjoyment is 100% linked to coffee (unlike coffee-like milds). Similar to Temptation (Durham) | 8.0 |
| St Mungo | West Beer | 4.90 | Tight bitterness, light but filling with rounded fizzziness and butter on nose to follow through. A/t is dry bitterness that disappears on tongue (touches sides), but holds and follows through finishing crisp | 8.0 |
| Billy Sunday Bitter | Magnolia Brew Pub | 4.70 | Musky homebrew aroma with golden body and small foam head. Smooth rich, like English ale (Abbot, possibly) despite initial misgivings. Session alt. Not overtly suitable for food. | 8.0 |
| Hefeweizen | Gordon Biersch | 5.50 | Banana notes are of dried blackened variety, similar to Mitchel Krausse. A/t holds bitneress, although not overtly bitter in itself. Smooth mouthfeel in a/t like thick banana milk shake, or smoothie. | 8.0 |
| Czeh Pilsner | Gordon Biersch | 5.60 | A "nothing wrong with it" beer. More spice and/or bitter (in alternate sequence) than a Czech variants (or is it just because it doesn't travel), but probably skewed to USA taste preferences for IPA | 8.0 |
| Farmers Glory | Wadworth | 4.70 | Moderate red colour. Rich and malty, very obvious orange peel. Not a session, but strength akin to Broadside. | 8.0 |
| Little Creatures Pale Ale | Little Creatures | 5.20 | Hop (Chinook and Cascade) nose, creamy malt mouth feel. Golden syrup in color, with smallish head. Very pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Lord Marples | Tigertops | 4.00 | Smooth flowing beer with soft fizz and lively foam head. Rounded bitterness and highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| London Stout | Meantime | 4.50 | Black with tinges of deep red if held to light. Finger-high foam head. Deep roast tastes, leading lighter in a/t, which leaves tingle (asking you to return.) Magically hidden smoke. Blow-torched vegemite-on-toast. Dry finish, but not so bitter | 8.0 |
| IPA | Meantime | 7.50 | Caramel fused with Belgium-based blonde. Full, bouncy, with sparkling bitter on tongue in a/t. | 8.0 |
| London Porter | Meantime | 6.50 | Very strong, dark red with black tinges. Smoked chocolate and brown malts and 100% fuggle hop. Caramelized sugar taste, but without the overpowering sweetness. Rich aroma, with slight raisin. An end of evening beer; max 2 per session. | 8.0 |
| St. Stefanus | Van Steenberge | 7.00 | Abbey beer fom Ghent. Golden amber, with creamy mouthfeel, and biscuit notes. Pleasany dry aftetaste. Uses live yeast, in bottle, so can be left. | 8.0 |
| Organic Dark | Freedom | 4.70 | Not dark, but dark golden/ruby with a soft cream and light bitterness. The bitterness re-touches the palate in the aftertaste. Touch of sweetness | 8.0 |
| 1850 London Porter | Pitfield | 5.00 | Thin velvet-like tayberry, which opens out in the aftertaste. Still coffee-style bitterness in palate. Better if gulped. | 8.0 |
| White Bear | Kempsey | 4.50 | Golden ale, slight head and moderate fizz. Caramel taste and cream malt with long bitterness and hop that lingers. | 8.0 |
| Temple Brau | Porterhouse | 4.30 | Light, almost candy sugar on tongue (sim Leffe), but very light in comparison. | 8.0 |
| Brain Blasta | Porterhouse | 7.00 | Golden and compact offwhite head. Sweet aroma and malty taste. Weak fizz and long bitter a/t | 8.0 |
| Imperial Stout | Youngs | 10.00 | Smooth, rice, with everything that an imperial stout should be. Maybe not different enough to chocolate stout in quality to warrant the price difference. (Rem: it's in smaller bottles, too!) | 8.0 |
| Hazelnut Coffee Porter | Saltaire | 4.60 | A conflicted beer, which is smooth but not really a porter. With coffee for sure, but barely notes of hazelnut. | 8.0 |
| Pathfinder - Gluten Free Ale | Glebe Farm | 4.20 | Clean and crisp, almost lager in style, with slight touches of malt. No difference between it and gluten-based beer. | 8.0 |
| Alba | William Bros Brewing Company | 7.50 | Tawny brown with spruce flavours and rich malt. The 'pine needle' infusion might appear as a gimmick, but that doesn't stop it been highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| Grozet | William Bros Brewing Company | 5.00 | A gooseberry beer. Gimmick, for sure, but as a doubly fermented beer that's half way between light ale and wheat beer is more drinkable that it should be! | 8.0 |
| Merlyn | Great Orme Brewery | 4.90 | Strong, slightly spicy, with bitter spice at end. | 8.0 |
| Red Herring | Green Jack | 4.20 | Smoked, but not rauchen, beer with nice malt. Made with Challenger hops. Notes of fruit and dry finish | 8.0 |
| FUBAR | Tiny Revel | 4.40 | Husky golden beer with floral hops and dry spice bitter. Also slightly tart w/cream. Tastes confuse itself, but pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Aurelio | Two Fingers Brewing / Hepworth | 4.80 | Dusky amber colour, with sweet nose, and complex mix of sweet, bitter and citrus notes. Compares favourably to a less sweet Leffe. | 8.0 |
| Augustiner Dunkel | Augustiner-Bräu | 5.60 | Close to ruby than dunkel. Very good, with malt and sweetness. | 8.0 |
| Ayinger Jahrhundertbier | Brauerei Aying | 5.50 | Draw straw colour, caramel and toffee in mouth. | 8.0 |
| Ayinger Winterbock | Brauerei Aying | 6.70 | Very much like a dark lager, mixed with a mild. | 8.0 |
| L'Angelus | La Chapelle d'Armentieres | 7.00 | Fragrant pale ale with fizz, and stoic aftertaste. Amusing label design of religious fervor. | 8.0 |
| Rhubarbed | Sandford Orchard's | 5.50 | Tang of rhubarb, hence the name, but despite the gimmick is dry-to-medium and complex. | 8.0 |
| Ingwer | C K Brower | 0.00 | Smooth, light fizz. Touch of giners | 8.0 |
| Miodowe | C K Brower | 0.00 | Musky fruit beer, w/pungent a/t Too much spice and honey. But still tasty. | 8.0 |
| La Chapelle | Goutte d'Or | 5.00 | Bright, aromatic foam which bubbles endlessly. Musky. Similar to Karmeliet, in a good way | 8.0 |
| Craftsman Cider | Kentish Pip | 5.90 | Apple juice, with very slight extra tartness. no fizz. Doesn't feel like there's alcohol in there. | 8.0 |
| Golden Drop | Barbourne | 5.00 | Apple juice with passion fruit tang. No fizz. Highly pleasant. | 8.0 |
| Roundhead Perry | Cromwell's | 5.20 | Simple perry. Direct in flavour. Highly drinkable. | 8.0 |
| Smokin Angel | Leighton Buzzard | 4.50 | Light-weight rauchbier, with smoke, malt, and all the expected tastes. But in a "lite" format. Still worthwhile. | 8.0 |
| Queue de Charrue | Brasserie Vanuxeem | 5.40 | A Vieille brune flamande (old Flemmish brown) with excellent sour notes and an over hint on balsamic vinegar. (In a good way.) | 8.0 |
| Hacker-Pschorr Braumeister Pils | Hacker-Pschorr | 5.00 | Golden, clear, with head. As good as most other Munich-style beers. | 8.0 |
| Provha | Staropramen | 4.00 | Light version of Staropramen, similar to a Becks vier. Crisp, dry, and fizzy. A Czech-lite experience. | 8.0 |
| Bohemia Regent | J.W.Lees | 5.00 | Crisp, dry, with fizz. Fulfills expectations, without exceeding in anything. | 8.0 |
| Fresh Root Ginger Cider | Thistly Cross | 4.00 | Full bodied to the point it tastes like strawberry jam. But it's a clear gold colour and medium dry, otherwise. | 8.0 |
| Moritz (bottle) | Cerveses Moritz | 5.40 | An improved version over the cask equivalent. Favourable parallels to Sagres Bohemia | 8.0 |
| Gladiator | Lilley's | 8.50 | Strong rustic cider, like a slightly thinned scrumpy with raw touches, without being painful | 8.0 |
| Pear Cidre | L'Atypique | 4.50 | Tangy and clean, proving that pear doesn't need to taste like pear drops. | 8.0 |
| Castle Milk Stout | South African Breweries, SABMill | 6.00 | Black body, creamy head. Surprising refreshing. | 7.5 |
| Sweet Chariot | Marston | 4.80 | Spicy, strong smell on nose - but not palette, citrus fruit and hops. | 7.5 |
| Old Monty Dry Cider | Montgomery Cidermakers | 6.00 | Golden haze, sour Welsh cider. A little rough, ends well with tight dryness | 7.5 |
| Wilkins Dry | Wilkins | 6.00 | Dry, warm, and soft. Good apple acidity. Fluid taste. | 7.5 |
| Super Bock - Lemon | Unicer | 4.00 | Overiding lemon syrup with strains of Desperados, but with additional sweetness. Similar tannins of whisky beer. | 7.5 |
| Dorothy Goodbodys Christmas Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 6.00 | Golden ruby, full malts, delicate spice aroma. Roast character at side. Could almost be a porter. | 7.5 |
| Discovery | Fullers | 4.20 | Lager malts for lightness with slight biscuit flavours and a fruity zest. Rarely used Saaz hops. Intended for summer. | 7.5 |
| Santas Little Helper | Caledonian | 3.70 | This is copper red in colour with a large foam head and already looks the Christmas part. Malt aroma, with sweet caramel taste, but ending in bitterness. Slight tangs of fruit and leaf. | 7.5 |
| Pickled Santa | Hopback | 6.00 | Fizzy and spicy, with good over notes. Has feel of Christmas beer, and strong enough to make you fall asleep in front of the fire | 7.5 |
| Burton Bitter | Marston | 3.80 | Golden red in colour, but a light beer, with slight hoppy tang, and biscuit taste as it washes past. | 7.5 |
| Oatmeal Stout | Buntingford | 4.40 | Solid chocolate mild, with bitterness bite on back of palete. Solid taste. Slight coffee tang to it. | 7.5 |
| Anchor Porter | Anchor | 5.60 | Strong equivalent of the other anchor brews | 7.5 |
| Golden Valley | Breconshire Brewery | 4.20 | Single variety soft hop. Gentle and direct bitterness with subtle tastes. Session. | 7.5 |
| Malzbier | (sports bar one) | 0.00 | More grainy and less refined than other. Very slightly bitter. Hints of horlicks. Slighter wetter and less rich. | 7.5 |
| Früh Kölsch | Früh | 4.80 | Pils like Sion Kölsch, but with hoppy aftertaste that grows in mouth. | 7.5 |
| Kasteel Rouge | Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck | 8.00 | Red due to cherry, not ruby. Morello cherry aroma, with slight bitterness in a cherry pie filling. Long lingering aftertaste. Vibrant mouthfeel. Too much taste for many. | 7.5 |
| La Trappe Dubbel | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 7.00 | Dark ruby red, light foamy head, slightly yeast aroma and continuing flavour. Yeast can be piercing in places. | 7.5 |
| 4x4 | Wye Valley Brewery | 4.40 | Light golden ale, with sparkling fizz. Straight and fresh taste. Good aroma. No a lot of aftertaste. Better than expected for a branded ale. | 7.5 |
| Waterloo Double | Du Bocq | 8.50 | Brown and ruby colour, but straight brown taste. Slight fruit materializes on the back of the palet after a few seconds. | 7.5 |
| Bersalis | Brasserie Oud Beersel | 9.50 | Recently created beer. Light blond, extra bitterness aftertaste with sweet aroma. With improvement could be a Leffe. | 7.5 |
| Stone Caligornia Double IPA | Stone Brewery | 7.00 | Surprising deep golden ale. Hoppy (natch!) with malt backing. | 7.5 |
| King Summer Ale | King | 4.00 | Light golden colour, refreshing bitterness. Slightly watery mouthfeel and aftertaste. Possibly too fizzy. Unassertive taste. | 7.5 |
| Gravediggers mild | Church End | 3.80 | Mild taste, with burnt nose, and resonating soft toffee taste. A light porter. Dry on aftertaste. | 7.5 |
| Premier Bitter | Moorhouse | 3.70 | Amber session beer. Standard pint, but good. | 7.5 |
| Blackeney Red SV Perry | Hacks | 6.20 | Smooth, sweet, rounded, no sticky aftertaste. | 7.5 |
| Oldfield SV Perry | Oliver's Orchards | 6.00 | Sharper and sweeter than the Hecks Blakeney. Still good. | 7.5 |
| Worth the Wait | Beeston | 4.20 | Golden ale, with slightly sparkling. Dry bitterness, with extra co2 on aftertaste. | 7.5 |
| Orkney Blast | Highland | 6.00 | Golden fullsome mouthfeel to remind you it's light , but strong biscuit malt a/t ultimately sits heavier on pallet. Woody aroma. | 7.5 |
| Lord Lee's | North Yorkshire | 4.70 | Bright and fizzy beer, that's red-brown in colour and twin pairings of malt and sugar. Malt bitter after-taste. | 7.5 |
| Gunners Daughter | Old Cannon | 5.50 | Fizzy, yet rich, strong ale that's smooth throughout - from taste, to fullsome mouthfeel, to after-taste. Undetermined hop taste with fruity hops. | 7.5 |
| Sweetheart Stout | Tennent Caledonian Breweries | 2.00 | Pours with consistency of cola, but less fizz. Aroma is spicy and sweet-between cinnamon and aniseed, which follows in the tastes. Thin, un-stout like. Holds well, easy drinker. | 7.5 |
| Anastasias Exile Stout | Ascot Ales | 5.00 | Dark rich bottle ale. Visually flat, but discovers smooth bed of fizz when drunk. Rich and aromatic taste with dark caramel in taste. | 7.5 |
| Alligator Ale | Ascot Ales | 4.60 | US style single hop beer using cascade hops with refreshing rounded taste and citrus-come-meadow aroma. Light, but slightly bitter, taste with pleasant if shallow a/t. Session. Loses fizz quickly. | 7.5 |
| Equinox | Brasserie De La Senne | 8.00 | Deep ruby to black in colour. Opens with fruity hops and strong bitterness, followed by a good continuing bitterness in the mouthfeel which lingers well into the aftertaste | 7.5 |
| Taras Boulba | Brasserie De La Senne | 4.50 | Slightly cloudy, not as bitter on initial taste as thought as it's balanced with quite a high hop content. But this beds down on tongue, and holds in a/t, to reveal solid bitterness. | 7.5 |
| Dark Horse | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Dark ruby with good head. Taste of bitter roasted malts, with only a subtle malt in aroma. Good beer to change gear from pale ales to dark ales | 7.5 |
| Jomfruhumle | Søgaards Bryghus | 4.80 | Subtle grain aroma, and coloured a deep red. Strains of mild ESB and/or similarity to Doom Bar. | 7.5 |
| ÆRØ Hertug Hans - No 5 Valnod | Rise Bryggeri | 7.00 | Good transition beer, that red fruit colour and maple aroma and flavour in a beer. Good with ribs or proper burger and chips with American bbq sauces or other sweet smoky sauces with a tomato base. Elements of AoverT or Tay Berry. | 7.5 |
| ÆRØ Dark Ale | Rise Bryggeri | 6.00 | Deep brown colour with a mild grain smell. Tastes of rich solid roasted grain, with a hint of caramel. Would hold it's own against most UK brown ales. The organic version has elements of cognac. | 7.5 |
| Dark Horse | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Dark ruby with good head. Subtle malt on nose, but tasting of bitter roasted malts. Good beer to change gear from pale ales to dark ales | 7.5 |
| Mythique | 0.00 | Pure yellow golden, good foam head, citrus aroma, smooth mouthfeel and slightly tingle. | 7.5 | |
| Zagorka | Zagorka (Heineken) | 5.00 | Bulgarian lager. Good pils, due to strength and not being like Heineken! | 7.5 |
| Ezel Bruin | Ezel | 8.50 | Sweet, slightly sugar with some caramel on aftertaste. Mild hop notes. Better taste than smell. Longer a/t if left, but muggy | 7.5 |
| Firefly Bitter | Firefly | 0.00 | Light, slight fizz, no head, dark golden colour with lacings. | 7.5 |
| Wild Oat Stout | Glencoe Brewery | 0.00 | Perfectly drinkable oatmeal, but is either 'a cliche' or 'a template' of this style | 7.5 |
| Black Jack Porter | Cliff Quay | 4.50 | Named for the anisseed sweet, much more pronounced in aroma, less in taste. If only it could have followed through. | 7.5 |
| Smocked Bock | Meantime | 0.00 | Smooth, slightly fizzy, smokey aroma and taste, but subdued by soft malt mouth feel | 7.5 |
| Hole Hearted | Oakleaf | 4.70 | Golden yellow over-foamy (but my pint was lively, so might not be true) No taste problem, smooth bitter coating,good hop on nose, but less so on taste, going to dry bitterness instead. | 7.5 |
| Organic Blonde | Hepworth | 5.00 | Clean golden colour and strong floral aroma. Similar to Asahi. Touch fizzy on start, settles to easy malt base. Lack of real a/t (but unlike Asahi, still strong on palete) | 7.5 |
| Redhook ESB | Redhook | 5.80 | Like full sail, with extra bitterness. ESB might be modeled after UK-style ESB, but it isn't. | 7.5 |
| Golden Export | Gordon Biersch | 5.00 | Large foam head, very light golden, surprising dry bitter, heading drier about 20 seconds into a/t | 7.5 |
| Schwarzbier | Gordon Biersch | 4.29 | Good darker ale with roasted coffe-like finish and soft, slightly sweet and dry, malty over tones. But no points of difference from the 100 similar wannabe's in the market. | 7.5 |
| North Star Red | 21st Amendment | 6.50 | Strong ruby fruit, dark red in colour, over a malt with tang and holding bitterness on tongue. | 7.5 |
| Culloden | Cairngorm | 4.20 | Ruby red with port and fruit notes. Dry finish, and occasional other fruits. | 7.5 |
| Okells Alt | Okells Brewery | 5.00 | Dark copper, cream head, and smooth. Not at 'alt' in the traditional sense. | 7.5 |
| Strandgaper | Schelde Brouwrik | 6.20 | Musky golden with tart stringent notes, with dry banana a/t, giving it more a wheat beer feel than blond of its description | 7.5 |
| Harvest Pale | Castle Rock | 3.80 | Supreme Champion at the 2010 GBBF. Good easy-drinking blonde beer with mild bite in a/t. Decent drink, but might as well be called 'Discovery' with all the similaraties it has with Fullers beer. | 7.5 |
| Postmistress | Sandstone | 4.40 | Dark red in colour and smokey a/t. Worth trying. | 7.5 |
| 't Gaverhopke | 't Gaverhopke | 0.00 | Musty barley wine. MIght have been off. | 7.5 |
| Union Amber Ale | Meantime | 4.90 | Amber ale is not amber! It's a light reddish brown, Vienna-style lager. Dry finish but wet a/t with too much fizz to make it a quaffer. Leads to a sipping drink, which leads to a lesser taste than you want with red and Vienna's. | 7.5 |
| Perla | Chmielowa | 6.00 | Big creamy malt. Fulsome pils. Needs foods to balance. | 7.5 |
| Kasztelan | Carlsberg Polska | 6.80 | Strong pils, but clean and crisp, with only slight cream of other Polish beers. Still has a fulnes sin throat. Lots of fizz tingle on tongue, slightly sour aftertaste. | 7.5 |
| Texels Bock | Texels (Lowlander) | 7.00 | Light body with rich tastes. caramell touch with soft tongue finish. Like M+S Belgium Lager, but with darker overtones | 7.5 |
| Magma | Troubador | 9.00 | Tripe IPA. Dry tingle with strong sour notes that tingle afterwards. Husky orange colour, like the bottle, with zesty on tongue. | 7.5 |
| Monty's Double | Burnards Cider | 6.00 | Dry cider. Slightly cloudy orangey colour, mild fizz only. Tart enough to be enjoyable without overpowering, with 1/2 the mouthfeel of a pear drop (but no pear taste.) | 7.5 |
| Monty's Double | Burnards Cider | 6.00 | Dry cider. Slightly cloudy orangey colour, mild fizz only. Tart enough to be enjoyable without overpowering, with 1/2 the mouthfeel of a pear drop (but no pear taste.) | 7.5 |
| Port Ellen | Hartlands | 6.80 | Whisky cask, dark golden, sharp tartness, especially in aftertaste. Gulp, not sim, to get extra sharp hit. | 7.5 |
| IPA is Dead - Challenger | Brewdog | 6.70 | Hop-based, light ale, following with a light cream. A real contrast to the other two. I think I was offered this to offset the cost of the others, actually! It is too hoppy for me to session this, but a good, but not remarkable beer. | 7.5 |
| Berne | Brewers Union | 5.00 | Unfiltered light golden/amber ale. Slightly dry, with slight rum notes and cream. | 7.5 |
| EInstock Porter | EInstock | 6.00 | Fruit cake on the nose, coffee on the tongue, but not as roasted as name suggested. It's either the Icelandic water, or biscuit and chocolate malts that offset them. | 7.5 |
| Hop head | Porterhouse | 4.80 | Hoppy (obviously!) with velvet malt and bitter bite on back | 7.5 |
| Sunburnt Irish Red | Eight Degress Brewing | 5.00 | "Vimto beer". fruity berry, frothy cream on start. Will satiate palate quickly, like tayberry. | 7.5 |
| Nelson Sauvin | Marstons | 4.00 | NZ hop. Clear biscuit golden, no head or co2. Refreshingly clean, slight cloy omn palate. Slight hold on a/t. Sip to get strong hop. Gulp for refreshment. Satiates by pint end. Aroma of gooseberry/grapefruit/citrus | 7.5 |
| Milestone | Loxley | 4.20 | Fairly standard ale, low bitterness, moderate cream.. but an extra surprise if you gulp, as it tastes like cheese and onion crisps. | 7.5 |
| Budding | Stroud | 4.50 | A straw coloured pale ale - a standard that ticks all the boxes with sweet malt and floral. | 7.5 |
| Red hunter | Hammerpot | 4.30 | Flowing red ale with roasted malt, and long finish. Prefix with Red Barn (e.g.) to get an extra coffee hit | 7.5 |
| Excelsoir | Ossett | 5.20 | A dependable strong pale ale, from a dependable brewery. | 7.5 |
| Horsesugar | Wood Street | 3.90 | A light malty taste, without an abundance of hop, by slightly tart. Something to have in halves. | 7.5 |
| Kelpie | William Bros Brewing Company | 4.40 | Rich chocolate beer with touch of salt. Claims to be seaweed - could be, but just salt and 'interesting' tastes to my buds. | 7.5 |
| Hoggleys | Solstice Stout | 5.00 | Expectant black stout using malt and wheat. The latter takes the edge of what should be brilliant, since nothing exists in a pure enough form to shine through. Did win ''best local drink'' for Northamptonshire, which might appeal to those that share the water table, but misses the mark for those that don't. Still good. | 7.5 |
| Stout - 08|01 - Export Strength | Brew by Numbers | 6.60 | The stout's also good, with more of an espresso tang that I was expecting. | 7.5 |
| American Bitter Red | 21st Amendment | 4.40 | Amber color and floral nose with good malt backbone. Overdone on the bitterness, given the malt and ruby elements. Dry-hopped with cascade. | 7.5 |
| Black Ale | Stone Brewing Co. | 5.00 | Sillky black, heading to Budvar black, with many added hops so feels like American IPA | 7.5 |
| Toasted Oak IPA | Innis & Gunn | 5.60 | Light biscuit malt, overpowered by the usual range of floral/earth/citrus. Good a/t. Good beer, but given their others, it's a let down. | 7.5 |
| Honey Fayre | Conwy | 4.50 | Smooth beer, despite lots of bitter sediment at bottom. Standard ale, drinkable, with touch of the Welsh version of Double Dragon | 7.5 |
| Op & Top | De Molen | 4.50 | Dutch hoppy beer. Trying to be too clever, and turns out like every other hoppy 'artisan' beer | 7.5 |
| Bier Ambree | Page 24 | 6.90 | A solid amber beer, with all expected accoutrements. Better on tap, though. | 7.5 |
| Jenlain Ambree | Brasserie Duyck | 7.50 | Very odd amber beer, in a can. An amber can. Strong and nutty flavours, and quite palatable. | 7.5 |
| Den 12 | Brouwerij 't Gaverhopke | 12.00 | Dark brown with beige foam. Solid fruit tastes, but nothing lingers. Lost opportunity, but drinkable for 3-4 glasses. | 7.5 |
| Farmhouse Cider | Cornish Orchard | 4.80 | Fruit aromas and apple flavour. Mellow, and easy entry level. | 7.5 |
| Perry | Thatcher's | 6.00 | A decent, if uncomplex, perry. Have everything you expect, not much more, but well executed | 7.5 |
| Winter Woolly | Cotswold Lion Brewery | 6.70 | Black w/slight cola foam. Nutty. Reasonably smooth. | 7.5 |
| Rye o Rye | Alchemy | 5.60 | Biscuit golden dark amber. Soft bitter w/slight attack on a/t. Large head which dissipates after 5 minutse and/or 3rd moutful. | 7.5 |
| C K Jasne | C K Brower | 0.00 | Like Urqell. Good and bright pils. Slight spice, but slightly tart | 7.5 |
| Weizen | C K Brower | 0.00 | W/o the usual banana overload, but as if a lemon had been dropped in | 7.5 |
| Dunkel | C K Brower | 0.00 | Light malt, light fizz, doesn't stain palate. Inoffensive version of something that should have been better | 7.5 |
| Myrha Pale Ale | Goutte d'Or | 5.00 | Spiked bitter palate. Cloudy golden colour. Hopped fizz. No head | 7.5 |
| Shed Head | Backyard Brewery | 4.60 | US-style IPA dry hopped with Cascade and Citra, but very much a Pale Ale. Fulfills on its promises | 7.5 |
| Yore | Lyme Bay Winery | 4.00 | Like a popularist cider: bright, sparkling, fun, but with honey through line | 7.5 |
| Bad Apple | Carlsberg | 5.10 | 4-blend cider with a slight tang in main body, and sherbet at end. Touch of inspiration from US ciders. | 7.5 |
| Jack Branch Ease Up IPA | Adnams | 4.60 | American style IPA. Solid, and manages to be an introduction to IPAs due to less obvious hop punch | 7.5 |
| Amber | Abolition Brewery | 5.20 | American-style Amber with sweetness on palate and light roast and copper on top. | 7.5 |
| Milk Stout | Abolition Brewery | 6.40 | Follows the standards of the genre, without managing to stand out. | 7.5 |
| Old Wallop | Davy's | 4.80 | Malty, light co2, but rich beer similar to Directors or Speckled Hen | 7.5 |
| Indian Pale Ale | Rise Bryggeri | 5.50 | Pleasant golden colour but undiscernable aroma. On a par with most other UK IPA's however a little less bitter. Slight caramel after taste. Organic version is more sour, this is sweeter. | 7.3 |
| Pink Killer | DeSilly | 4.70 | Citrisy (grapefruit) blonde, refreshing. Good for long hot summer days, or to lighten the pallet after a brown. | 7.0 |
| Old Lager | Mutzig | 6.90 | Means "old lager", and stronger than the standard (4.5%). Standard clean French lager, transient after taste. Drink in glasses - not pints. | 7.0 |
| Desperados | Fischer | 5.90 | 'Desperate' in Spanish, and flavoured with tequila. Tries to give a macho image to pleasant alcopop! | 7.0 |
| Cherry Stout | Bartrams | 4.80 | Similar to Mackeson's in consistency, with chocolate. Slight chestnut on side of mouth. Cherry is almost hidden! | 7.0 |
| Dark Fantastic | Spectrum | 3.50 | Mild with dark ruby colour. Sweet-ish, with a flavour of caramel, toffee, and malt. | 7.0 |
| Gentse Trippel | Brouwerij Van Steenberge | 8.00 | Wet, bitter, decent after kick | 7.0 |
| Dubble bruin | Steenbrugge (Palm) | 6.50 | Gentle brown, but the real taste comes in the aftertaste, where it’s still gentile â€" but agreeable. | 7.0 |
| Pageant Ale | Elgoods | 4.30 | Pale brown bitter, fizzy, spicy aftertaste, notes of herbs. | 7.0 |
| Angel Witch | Elland brewery | 3.80 | Dark amber, transient aftertaste. A quaffing ale. | 7.0 |
| Sagres Preta | Central de Cervejas | 4.10 | Dark beer, with deep red and ruby color. Harsh bitterness. If you hate coffee - you'll score this 3. | 7.0 |
| Dulle Teve, Triple | De Dolle | 10.00 | "Mad Bitch" Musky amber, thin head, non-sour geuze. Evolving taste. | 7.0 |
| Bink | Kerkom | 5.50 | Musky blonde with large head. Tang of bitterness, with initial wetness. Needs neutral pallet. | 7.0 |
| Boerken | De Proefbrouwerij | 9.50 | Dark ruby red with fullsome head. Good aroma, nice solid bitterness & extra layer of port as it hits the throat. Flavour dissipates with food. | 7.0 |
| Super Bock - Abadia | Unicer | 6.40 | No real sense of aroma, same smooth syrup of the normal Super Bock. Slightly fizzy, enveloping light creamy caramel. | 7.0 |
| Super Bock - Stout | Unicer | 5.00 | Same visual look as cola. Soft coffee cream texture. co2 on side of mouth, smooth feel once this goes. Not stout in the traditional word. | 7.0 |
| Oude de Geuze | Chapeau De Troch | 6.00 | Very sour, straight apple fruit hit. Slightly cloudy with a golden haze. | 7.0 |
| Fortis rose | Huyghe | 0.00 | Similar to Wittekek rose, not sweet, less strong tastes, can fill cheeks with fruit (like cider) | 7.0 |
| Dorothy Goodbodys Country Ale | Wye Valley Brewery | 6.00 | Dark ruby, with full head. Mixed malt taste, with floral after notes. | 7.0 |
| Old Trip | Hardy and Hansons | 4.70 | Fizzy head, thin but firm bitter taste. Really good bitter on aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| Clouded Yellow | St Austell | 4.80 | Delicate bottle conditioned with citrus, spices, and vanilla. Slight maple tastes, but destroyed slightly by over carbonation. Interestingly brewed with 50% wheat and 50% barley. | 7.0 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 4.10 | Light golden blonde. Strong hop aftertaste but decent body. Not as dry as the real Arizona. | 7.0 |
| Best Bitter | Archers | 4.00 | Amber with smooth bitterness. Decent, but not as good as the Golden | 7.0 |
| Snicklemas | Elgoods | 5.00 | Musky golden brown. Light with good caramel and touches of Tiger (also Elgoods) | 7.0 |
| Steam Sleigh | RCH Brewery | 3.80 | Light gold with bitter caramel, light with citrus zest. Light color with small but pleasant head. Sweet aroma. Nothing Christmasy | 7.0 |
| Good King Legless | Harviestoun | 4.50 | Mellow taste, that drops smoothly down, with a bite at the back. Sharp bitterness at back of tongue. Slight scent of orange peel and malt. | 7.0 |
| Landlords Choice | Wylam | 4.60 | Golden hoppy beer. Akin to Discovery. | 7.0 |
| Old Arthur | Big Lamp | 4.25 | Thin textured with cider flow,but with bitter head. Has notes of lime. | 7.0 |
| Tournament | Goff Brewery | 4.00 | Amber brown, thin head, and old fashioned malt taste on tongue. Slight biscuit taste. Soft lingering after-taste. Thin liquid texture | 7.0 |
| Good King Senseless | Vale Brewery | 5.20 | Solid and straight beer, with little fizz and mild bitterness. But nothing specifically Christmasy | 7.0 |
| Reindeers Delight | Oakleaf | 4.50 | Combined crystal and chocolate malts give this a rounded taste with soft bitterness, effective raisin and sultana aftertaste. Constant hop through. | 7.0 |
| Floris Honey | Floris | 4.50 | Strong set honey taste and texture over tongue. Nice bitter at edge, but not as all encompassing as honey ales like Waggledance. Uses wheat beer as base | 7.0 |
| Countryman Sweet Cider | Countryman | 6.50 | Good sweet cider | 7.0 |
| Winter Meltdown | Dark Star | 5.00 | Ginger tang not unlike Thai curry. Holds well. Mild caramel aftertaste on tongue | 7.0 |
| Betty Stogs | Skinners | 4.00 | Cloudy and slow to settle, light bitter colour, biscuit in there, with good mouthfeel, but stains palete slightly - certainly more than it should for session ale (for which this would otherwise be perfect) | 7.0 |
| Black Swan Mild | Vale | 3.90 | Black with coloured bubbles. Thin tingle of aftertaste, carbonated mouthfeel | 7.0 |
| Edinburgh Gold | Stewart | 4.80 | Standard light pale ale. Inoffensive. | 7.0 |
| Woild Moild | Wolf | 4.80 | Slight chocolate taste, with tight bitterness. Full fizz with big bubbles, but low carbonation follow through which then disapates quickly. Aftertaste is caramel biscuit. By end, it's almost caramel water | 7.0 |
| Brooklyn Beer | Brooklyn Brewery | 5.20 | Light soft malts, mild hop. Not your usual pils, but tastes ok. | 7.0 |
| Tomos Watkins - Cwrw Haf | Hurns | 4.20 | Ruby amber, moderate foam. Caramel, sparkling co2 mouthfeel, biscuit aftertaste. Some rubber aroma. | 7.0 |
| Sion Kolsch | Sion | 4.80 | Smooth, mildly hoppy, and refreshing. Light in colour and taste, not really a pils, but simple. | 7.0 |
| Kolner Weiss | Kolner (sports bar) | 0.00 | Close to Hoegaarden. Direct wheat beer. Soft lingering aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| Diebels Alt | Diebels | 4.80 | Dark amber brown beer, butn t light iaste with malt and bitterness. Rolls across tongue nicely. | 7.0 |
| Brand Imperator | Brand | 6.50 | Amber, rich rounded taste but dissapates quickly. Mild CO2 content. | 7.0 |
| Bavaria Oud bruin | Bavaria | 3.50 | Light other bavaria beer, but fizzy like cola | 7.0 |
| La Trappe Blonde | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 6.50 | Light, zesty, and bold. Fresh and fruity. Golden in colour, lightly hopped. Elements of apples and pears, and slight citrus follow through. Slightly too much co2 | 7.0 |
| La Trappe Triple | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 8.00 | Dark blonde. Full, fruity bittersweet beer. Caramel sweet mouthfeel, bitter on back, comes and holds in aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| La Trappe Witte | De Koningshoeven Brewery | 5.50 | Fresh smell, hints of mild German blond beers. Slightly cloudy white, making it more akin to German wheat, than Dutch wheat beers. e.g Hoegaarden. Aftertaste disspates quickly. Only trappist wheat beer. | 7.0 |
| Severn Valley Railway Manor Ale | Brooklyn Beer | 4.20 | Dark golden colour with full hop mouthfeel, and slightly heavy texture. | 7.0 |
| De Graal Tripel | De Graal Brewery | 9.00 | Full, rounded and smooth. Malty aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| Zinnebir | Brouwerij Sint-Pieters | 5.50 | Straight blond, but with hanging bitterness. Strong malt on nose. Graininess on 1st mouth, giving way to lingering tight bitterness. IPA bitterness | 7.0 |
| Brewer's Dark | J W Lees | 3.50 | Smooth beers with underlying sweetness and very light licorice and chocolate. Good, but unexceptional. | 7.0 |
| Springhead Liberty | Springhead Brewery | 3.80 | Fullsome mouthfeel, heavy bitter on back on tongue in a/t. Texture of light porter. | 7.0 |
| Yo-ho Tokyo Black | Yo-Ho Brewery | 5.00 | Festival special. Robust porter, good bitterness. Chocolate and black malts. | 7.0 |
| Dabinett Medium SV | Whin Hill of Norfolk | 6.70 | Good strength, slightly filmic. | 7.0 |
| Honeyfuzz | Rothervalley | 3.80 | Dark golden colour, with mild sweetness on nose, and dark honey-ish taste. Fuller bitter aftertaste. Not traditional honey in any way. | 7.0 |
| Golden Jackal | Wolf | 3.70 | Hoppy taste with flowers and citrus. Decent, but unremarkable. | 7.0 |
| Coffin Lane Stout | Ashover Brewery | 5.00 | Good nose, but standard chocolate/coffee taste. A straight mild. | 7.0 |
| Rhymney Dark | Rhymney | 4.00 | Good rounded brown mild, with touches of licorice. Aftertaste cuts out immediately, but returns seconds later with bitterness. | 7.0 |
| Old Moor Porter | Acorn | 4.60 | Creamy porter with burnt roasts which hold in the mouth. Some licorice flavours, but mostly overpowered by the roast aroma. Quite filling. | 7.0 |
| Westgate Gold | Clark's | 4.20 | A pale musky cider colour, with slightly fruity bitterness. Aroma of meadows. | 7.0 |
| Blonde | Daleside | 3.90 | Pale and golden beer with the usual blend of hops and malt in both aroma and aftertaste. The latter quickly dies. Good, but unexceptional. | 7.0 |
| Abbey St Martin | St Martins | 5.70 | Slightly sweet malt and spices make this a reasonable brune but ultimately non-descript | 7.0 |
| Forestinne | Caracole Brewery | 7.50 | The Elven bikini cartoon on the label introduces the svelte citrus taste of this nice but mostly uneventful beer. This taste comes from the pine needles used in the brewing process which is nice, but little different to the sensations produced by the glut | 7.0 |
| Ara bier | De dolle brouwers | 8.00 | Golden haze with big head. Fizzy with tart apple tastes, but largesse in dryness and tart aftertaste which lingers for too long imo. | 7.0 |
| Rum Cask Cider | Millwights | 6.00 | Medium tasting, respectable cider. Not as good as their Kingston Black, but decent enough to be a good sign for the maker | 7.0 |
| Bob | Wickwar | 4.00 | Light and malt tastes, dry bitterness. | 7.0 |
| Ginger Explosion | TSA | 5.00 | Strong rush with syrup texture at start, but only with subtle ginger. Quick to satiate. Coating on palette is only available mouthfeel, nothing in taste. Not a ginger beer, and not enough ginger to be a beer with ginger. Better gulped. | 7.0 |
| Grasshopper Kentish Beer | Westerham | 3.80 | Rich dark ale, slight co2, caramel texture aftertaste. Similar to Shepherd Neames, due (no doubt) to their similar reliance on the Kent hops. | 7.0 |
| Hellfire | Leeds | 5.20 | Smooth mouthfeel at start, slight fruit, bitterness throughout. | 7.0 |
| Pale Ale | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Golden with moderate head, medium dissipation. Apple blossom on nose. Tastes of gently bitter, which is refreshing but with no prominent mouth feel, moderate bitter after taste | 7.0 |
| ÆRØ Grolle Pilsner | Rise Bryggeri | 4.60 | Golden with fizz appearance with pleasant citrus aroma. Creamy pils with bitterness. Taste lingers longer than other pils beers. Compares well to Bangla. | 7.0 |
| Mørk Guld | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Red brown colour. Malted grain on nose. Very bitter with hints of caramel. Unfiltered with little residue and unpasteurised. | 7.0 |
| Fyinsk Forår | ØRBÆK | 4.80 | Patriot colour - between Dutch gold 2 (10yy 42/460) and Dutch gold 3 (10yy 53/337) on Dulux colour chart, or musky cider gold colour. Very gentle hint of citrus, Refreshing wheat beer (fresh Hoegaarden-esc). Sour. Add a twist of lemon, and it would be goo | 7.0 |
| Mr Scrooge | Robinsons | 4.40 | Ruby colour and minimal off-white head. Thin texture, rolling bitterness over tongue. Light caramel with nutty tones. | 7.0 |
| Apuaha | Zagorka (Heineken) | 4.50 | Good pils, but nothing exceptional given the field. | 7.0 |
| Slaapmutske Triple | Slaapmutske | 8.10 | Herbal and flora aroma and taste. Solid triple style. Livliness in aftertaste | 7.0 |
| Peche Mel Bush | Duboission | 8.50 | Very peach smell. Bush-style solidity. Very obviously Bush, but has fighting tastes. 10 seconds into aftertaste get pungent mouth. | 7.0 |
| Feodale de la Roche Brune | Feodale de la Roche | 7.00 | barley wine texture with mouthfeel of rich wine. Better smell than taste. Gulp for taste, but cleanse with food after, since aftertaste isn't so good. | 7.0 |
| Angel | Delhaize (contracted) | 8.50 | Golden colour with soft white foam head. Bright aroma with esters. Solid m/f and taste despite looking like pils. Slight bitter a/t. Not unpleasant, but lacking positive quality as _something_ is not fitting (pos sugar) | 7.0 |
| Krusovice | Kralovsky Pinovar | 4.40 | Light lager with bitterness all the way through. Slightly harsh cream in after-taste. | 7.0 |
| Clarks | 0.00 | Initial coffee tang | 7.0 | |
| Black Beauty | Vale | 0.00 | Smooth, roasted, guiness style with less head. Tight on aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| Brodies Mild | Brodies | 3.60 | Dry, slightly fizzy. Classic in an 'also-run' kinda way | 7.0 |
| Topper | Tipples | 4.50 | Roast-led stout. Coffe and chocolate blended, just not brilliantly. | 7.0 |
| Dark Arts | Peerless | 4.00 | Coffee and chocolate mild, using 3 different malts. Similar to Tipples Topper in style and quality. | 7.0 |
| Union | Meantime | 4.90 | Vienna-style dark lager. Very fizzy, but sunset brown/red. Slight bitter, but fizz throughout which feels odd given the other parameters. | 7.0 |
| Old Engine Oil | Harviestoun | 0.00 | Black, no head, molasses, touch of licorice without the aniseed bit (i.e. sugar cane syrup) but moderately thin on quaff, filling out on tonigue with mouthfeel. (Sim. Meantime porter, but better) | 7.0 |
| Three Point Eight | Cotswold | 3.80 | Yellow gold and musky aroma. Rounded and balanced flavour; could be session, but gas might be prohibitive. | 7.0 |
| Full Sail | Full sail brewery | 6.00 | Light amber API with hoppy nose, but thin taste and texture. Like a watered down beer. Fizz helps make it refreshing. | 7.0 |
| Dinkelacker | Dinkelacker | 0.00 | Translucent col colour, light on fizz, almost (store branded) cola taste - including of fizz. But with soft malt over tongue. Too straight a drink to be beer, but tasty as a soft malt drink. | 7.0 |
| Maerzen | Gordon Biersch | 5.70 | As given in their own taste notes - smooth, auburn-coloured Bavarian lager with mild sweet finish - with a touch of whisky cask beers. Fizzy holds too long, though, to be a true whisky-like beer. (Think Innis and Glinn) | 7.0 |
| Two rivers cider | 21st Amendment | 6.50 | Tart strawberry with fizz and liveliness.No apple to speak of. Reasonable drink, but not a cider. Equivalent to a Jacque's cider in UK. | 7.0 |
| Spring Frenzy | Daleside Brewery | 3.40 | Light, touch above bland, but without bite. Mellow cream on mouth. | 7.0 |
| Cornish Bucaneer | Wooden hand | 4.30 | Golden beer with Maris Otter pale ale, emphasising hop. Full fruit and light cream aroma. Short dry finish. | 7.0 |
| Nelson's Blood | Fox | 5.10 | A rum-oriented, barley wine styled, ale. Very syrupy, which satiates the palate too quickly. Should be drunk like rum. | 7.0 |
| Revival | Mordue | 3.80 | Golden colour, dry bitterness with fizz and large foam head. Touch of ginger, with rounded honey a/t. | 7.0 |
| London Lager | Meantime | 4.50 | Light golden with streaming fizz. Light malt taste which disapates quickly, but returns with covering in a/t. Dry fizz. An Anglized Kasteel Cru. | 7.0 |
| London Pale Ale | Meantime | 4.30 | Husky golden without head, but very light surface foam. Rounded crystal malt and light biscuit taste. Could satiate quickly | 7.0 |
| Winter Time | Meantime | 5.40 | Browish golden colour, using a 15% smoked malt. Similarities to licking a humbug sweet. Decent session ale, but needs more fizz to punch through the smoke. | 7.0 |
| Harnas | Browar Okocim | 5.70 | Light creamy, yellow golden. Can produce large head. Starts well, but goes down hill afterwards due to build up of a/t | 7.0 |
| Gingers | Kompania Piwowarska SA | 4.10 | Bright yellow with ginger coating. Initial thoughts of cider. due to sweet on 1st taste. Satiates very quickly. To be shared between many. | 7.0 |
| D?bowe Mocne | Kompania Piwowarska SA | 7.00 | Very light brown and fizzy. Rather unadventurous, but drinkable. Again, better with food. | 7.0 |
| Perry - Old no. 1 | Penallt Perry | 5.50 | Slightly cloudy, light orange, feels watered down. Closer to Perry-lite, but accessible | 7.0 |
| Shaky Bridges | Sandford | 6.00 | Fizzy, slightly sweet cider. Light orange to color and orange rind in after taste. Inoffensive. | 7.0 |
| Big Worse | Mikeller | 12.00 | A barley wine, to all intents and purposes, tight on palete, caustic on aftertaste, with an estery/pungent smell. Maybe with smoky food the aromas would blend, but otherwise drink with a blocked nose :) | 7.0 |
| Windy Miller | Sail Brewery | 3.80 | Dark, rich and fruity. Smooth mouth feel with rolling berry-like tannins on the tongue. | 7.0 |
| Guv'nor Cider | Westons | 4.80 | Made with Pierre Marco-White, it's a high tannin cider with light co2 and hazy look. Unremarkable, but drinkable. Better with food, maybe? (e.g. french onion soup, shropshire blue cheese, scotch eggs) | 7.0 |
| Explorer | Adnams | 0.00 | Have it with fish and chips! | 7.0 |
| Cubanero Fuerte | Cerveceria Bucanero | 5.40 | Golden with light malt. Not boring, just unadventurous. At least not a bland lager as expected | 7.0 |
| Cubanero Fuerte | Cerveceria Bucanero | 5.40 | Golden with light malt. Not boring, just unadventurous. At least not a bland lager as expected | 7.0 |
| ?l?skie Mocne | Ocen Piwo | 7.00 | Polish beer with more malt, than usual. Solid mouthfeel and flaour. | 7.0 |
| Slaskie Mocne | Ocen Piwo | 7.00 | Polish beer with more malt, than usual. Solid mouthfeel and flaour. | 7.0 |
| iron Brew | Freeminer | 4.20 | A red ale, but without anything much to say. Nothing bad. Nothing great. | 7.0 |
| Ascalon | Oldershaw | 4.00 | Dry bitter, dark golden beer with slight aerorated head. Fruit touch on the tongue, but lacking aftertaste. | 7.0 |
| Lushington's | Skinners | 4.20 | Very pale and light beers, with fruity session qualities. | 7.0 |
| Ebulum | William Bros Brewing Company | 6.50 | Black ale fused with elderberry. High hopes since it's fruity with soft palate and soft roasted malt flavourings. Good in a stew, but confused as a beer with conflicting tastes. | 7.0 |
| Liberation Ale | EFA | 0.00 | Bland, but passable, ale with slight fizz. | 7.0 |
| Esthwaite Bitter | Cumbrian | 3.90 | Golden beer with 5 malts, and 1 hop (Cascade). It's unexpectedly balanced, but with an astringent quality that lets it down. Becomes dry on palate | 7.0 |
| Rince Cochon | Unknown Flandres | 8.50 | Fragrant and oily beer, with extra hop. Would be considered a good supermarket branded beer, but pretends to be more | 7.0 |
| Noir de Dottingnies | Br. de Ranke | 9.00 | Widely regarded, but strangely uninteresting to me. Deep tasting, bitter, and malty. | 7.0 |
| Moeder Overste | Lefébvre | 8.00 | A triple, should have been an easy win for me, snatched with the appearance of a sour lager muscling in. Other, good triple - light, refreshing, and all the usual stuff. | 7.0 |
| Panking Pole | Hogan's | 6.20 | With a sharp bite and tanin-lead this is a dry officianado's cider. Golden, cloudy, and strong finish | 7.0 |
| Boxing Dog | Mr Whitehead | 7.50 | Cloudy, and close a perry. Slightly rough. Medium-dry with multiple apples. | 7.0 |
| Ginger and Chilli Cider | Orchard Pig Maverick | 4.00 | Refreshing and low to average bite. They say sip. I say gulp, otherwise the chilli is lost. | 7.0 |
| Cheddar Valley | Thatcher's | 6.00 | Strong cloudy with full flavour, which bites too much (and becomes tart) after a while | 7.0 |
| Bursztynowe | Zawiercia | 5.60 | malty amber with lingering CO2 and a touch of caramel | 7.0 |
| Paris Blonde | Paris | 6.50 | Musky biterness, touch of sour, golden, low fizz, no head | 7.0 |
| Paris Printemps | Paris | 6.00 | Light and soapy. Not quite wheat, but heading towards it. Bit of hop in the mouth | 7.0 |
| Mary Jane | Ilkley | 3.50 | Pale crisp, with citrus and prickly bitterness. Needs to be gulped. | 7.0 |
| Red Riding Hood | Castle Rock | 4.30 | Reddish beer, with bitterness and fruit. | 7.0 |
| Yakima Gold | Crouch Vale | 4.20 | Very pale with earthy aroma. Amarillo hops. Passable, if unadventurous. | 7.0 |
| Oliver's Downfall | Cromwell's | 6.50 | Slightly tart, medium sweet, cider. Matured in whisky casks, not that you'd tell | 7.0 |
| Bhai | Aspall | 6.00 | Weird tangy drink, trying to be a 'proper' cider, but falling into the flavoured alcopop camp. Champagne yeast should have improved things, but just makes it dry. | 7.0 |
| The Bears | Big Hug Brewing | 5.00 | A red rye ale, which is fulfilled adequately, but with more notes of an off-colour pale. | 7.0 |
| Monkey Mango | Cockeyed Cider Company | 4.00 | A very slight drink: slightly sweet, slightly sharp, slightly mango. Refreshing, though, but bland | 7.0 |
| Down Down Cider | Celtic Marches | 4.60 | A normal golden style cider, which is drinkable but uneventful. Made in collaboration with Status Quo. So 'normal' is probably intentional! | 7.0 |
| Fullback | The Bottle Kicking Cider Company | 4.50 | Medium dry cider, with minor zest. Fairly uneventful. Won a Bronze in 2013, which is probably fair | 7.0 |
| Nazca IPA | Rothhammer | 4.70 | Very clean golden beer, with thin body similar to Einstock. | 7.0 |
| Brave Red Ale | Rothhammer | 4.50 | Deep amber with red. Cream head. Fruit touches with orange and sweetness. | 7.0 |
| Pivo Dubmistr | Pivovar Vyškov | 5.00 | Smoother, darker, almost ale-like Pilsner. (Made through triple mash.) Traces of Debowie Mocne. | 7.0 |
| Eventide | Lyme Bay Winery | 5.00 | Golden cider. Crisp with bittersweet at end. Solid and dependable. | 7.0 |
| Mango Cider | Lilley's | 4.00 | A 4% fruit juice. Apple and Mango mix is a bit confused, tasting moving from one to the other, and then none. A for effort. B for execution. | 7.0 |
| Cherry Blossom Lager | Tailgate | 0.00 | As if a Belgian Kriek had been made with Urquell. Not bad, but you'll be bored after half pint. Cherry is morello cherry in taste. | 7.0 |
| Cubic | Beerd | 4.50 | Triple hopped pale ale. Strong fruit and citrus. | 7.0 |
| Sparkling | Savour | 10.50 | Floral, honey and spice on the nose, with bright fizz. Presentation is of champers with similar expectations, but misses. Therefore, drink is a let down, when it shouldn't be. | 7.0 |
| Blonde | Abolition Brewery | 5.20 | Traditional Belgian blonde, but a little too sharp | 7.0 |
| Aurota | Abolition Brewery | 0.00 | A pale ale. (Other notes obscured by beer. Sorry!) | 7.0 |
| Grand Union Gold | Grand Union | 4.20 | Smoother, less bitter than the Union Bitter and decent aroma. Light, hollow aftertaste. | 6.5 |
| Medium Dry | Winkleigh | 6.00 | Similar to the Winkleigh sweet, but more solid, and flavoursome. Goes well with fish & chips! | 6.5 |
| Old Slug | RCH Brewery | 4.50 | Coffee and chocolate focused porter. Notes of blackcurrant and black cherry. | 6.5 |
| Scrum Down! | Twickenham Fine Ales | 3.90 | Smooth bitter with crisp malty top. Dual malts may deter some. | 6.5 |
| Red Ember | H Prick Brewery | 4.60 | Slight red bitterness on side on mouth, although not a particularly great ruby, but it is pleasant in colour. Taste doesn't hold. No aftertaste or bite. | 6.5 |
| Floris Passion | Floris | 3.00 | Grassy bouquet, very gueze-like, nice, although not much detectable passion fruit. | 6.5 |
| Kulmbacher Eisbock | Kulmbacher | 9.20 | Thick souty or medium mild. No co2. Element of syrup in flavour (maple?), texture and mouthfeel. Atypically German. | 6.5 |
| Brand Urtyp | Brand | 5.50 | Original recipe pils with mild hop, which strengthen on aftertaste. More watery than standard | 6.5 |
| Goldenberg | Gayant Brewers | 5.90 | Everyday blonde. Nothing overly prominent (such as hop or malt). | 6.5 |
| Hel;lekapelle | De Bie | 5.00 | Golden blond, very light taste, with extra kick in aftertaste. | 6.5 |
| Gravensteen | Van Steenberge | 9.00 | Nice double malt, smooth without a too bitter a/t. Would be a pleasant session ale - but not at this strength. Quite fizzy, especially on initial tasting | 6.5 |
| La Jean de Nivelles | Friart (La Roeuk) | 7.00 | Fruity dark beer, slightly caramel sides. | 6.5 |
| 1503 | Kingstone Brewery | 4.80 | Full foam head, ruby red colour, multiple malts make it confusing. Too fizzy to taste much on tongue, so let it hit the throat and rely on aroma. | 6.5 |
| Henry's Heady Daze | Clarks | 3.60 | Light golden, strong hops. Easy session. Nothing special. | 6.5 |
| LOA | Søgaards Bryghus | 5.30 | Subtle citrus aroma, browney red color. Hints of golden syrup with nut but not sweet. Would be good with sweet and sour style Thai or Chinese dishes | 6.5 |
| Klosterbryg | Søgaards Bryghus | 5.50 | Cloudy golden colour with fresh orange smell. Wheat beer with extra bitterness | 6.5 |
| Classic | Svaneke Bryghuset | 4.60 | Golden brown colour with good head. Smell of grain. Taste of grain - with a lingering after taste, easy drinker. Better with food than alone. | 6.5 |
| Syd-Øst for Paradise | Svaneke Bryghuset | 3.50 | Floral aroma over a pale golden colour. Slight head and moderate fizz. Distinct elderflower flavour with a mild hop bitterness. Light and refreshing. | 6.5 |
| Stout | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Jet black beer with no head. Subtle grain aroma. Taste of Hovis granary wholemeal bread (the raisin bit) slight bitter after taste | 6.5 |
| Brown Ale | ØRBÆK | 5.80 | Deep ruby colour with slight foam head. Undiscernable aroma. Vibrant mouth feel, bitterness starts small but grows. Rubiness on after taste. Highly quaffable. | 6.5 |
| Kamenitza Dark | Kamenitza | 5.00 | Not bad, but a token effort to produce a non-pils. Doesn't make it. Drinkable. | 6.5 |
| Bohemia Regent | Prezident | 6.00 | Dark Czech beer, but disappointing since expectant. Nothing to comment, but have after their blond version since the fizz of the former benefits this | 6.5 |
| Bohmeia Regent | Prezident | 4.40 | Very light, thin, almost cider silk, with some bitterness | 6.5 |
| Black Buffle | St Austell | 4.50 | A mild, but with fizz. Satiates too quickly, but otherwise pleasant. | 6.5 |
| Huna Red | Sunny Republic | 4.00 | Not red, but good biscuit, but too much potential lost with the citrus hop. | 6.5 |
| Okocim Porter | Okocim (Carlseberg) | 8.30 | A touch of sweetness, and strong coffee bitterness throughout. Not strongly balanced, as hop is lost, and bitterness takes oer | 6.5 |
| Okocim Porter | Okocim (Carlseberg) | 8.30 | A touch of sweetness, and strong coffee bitterness throughout. Not strongly balanced, as hop is lost, and bitterness takes oer | 6.5 |
| Red Barn | Tirrel | 4.40 | Ruby red ale, with rounder light malt and off hop, which culminates in a strong hop finish. | 6.5 |
| Small Copper | Wentworth | 4.10 | Striking cross between a golden and copper-coloured bitter . Various sour notes. Shows potential | 6.5 |
| Smokestack Lightnin' | Dorking | 4.00 | Quite fizzy, but rounded and wort-like but without sweetness. Claims smoke, but not rauchen. | 6.5 |
| Noire de Slack | Christophe Noyon | 5.40 | A brune that's strong on coffee, and a touch sweeter than espresso. Better once rested for 10 minutes, although it's more bland. | 6.5 |
| Raven Dark | The Raven of Bath | 4.20 | Dark w/chesnut red tinge. Thin, but washing up liquid in essence. Feels like a missed opportunity. | 6.5 |
| Punter | Upham | 4.00 | Amber with a homebrewed wort syrup taste. Toasted grain doesn't come through properly. | 6.5 |
| Moongazing | Tring | 4.20 | An entry-level ruby with rounded bitterness and hop touches from Chinook and Citra. Good colour. Ok taste. | 6.5 |
| Grapefruit IPA | Tailgate | 6.20 | Very fruity, but light on beery. | 6.5 |
| Union Bitter | Grand Union | 3.70 | Biiter with prominant aftertaste, but light in colour. Some citris. | 6.0 |
| Pickled Partridge | Badger (aka Hall & Woodhouse) | 4.60 | Dark orange/amber colour. Slight hollowness to it, with touch of caramel. | 6.0 |
| Barbar | Lefebvre | 8.00 | Bitter and fizzy that often loses the honey taste. Second fermentation in bottle. | 6.0 |
| Adelardus | Kerkom | 7.00 | Very dark ruby colour, thin wet brown taste. No real aftertaste, so good for food. | 6.0 |
| Quintine-La Biere des Collines | Brasserie Ellezelloise | 8.50 | Pitch black, line of bitterness at back sides of mouth. | 6.0 |
| Dreher Pils | Dreher | 5.20 | Clean crisp, pils, with a full head. From Hungary's oldest brewery. | 6.0 |
| Cantillon Geuze | Cantillon Brewery | 5.00 | Organic gueuze with and old smell, and no cider. Parallels to cider with tartness to mouth, no sweetness. | 6.0 |
| Lambic Exotic | Chapeau De Troch | 3.50 | Very strong fruit hit, with tartness and sweet touches around the mouth. | 6.0 |
| Wittekerke Witbier | Bavik | 5.00 | Beer for a hot summers day. Light, not overpowering taste. Slight cactus and/or lime. | 6.0 |
| Big Lamp Bitter | Big Lamp | 3.90 | Straight bitter taste and texture. | 6.0 |
| Five Bridges | Mordue Brewery | 3.80 | Predominately hoppy beer with some fruit tastes running through it. Amber in colour, but more bitter than perhaps you'd expect. Prominent in part because bitterness carries on to the aftertaste | 6.0 |
| Lia Fail | Inveralmond | 4.00 | Reasonable bitter, with fruit layers over tongue which hold well. Similar tastes to fruit and nut chocolate (+1 if you like that) Don't let it stand, as it turns sharp at end. | 6.0 |
| Sierra Nevada Pale Ale | Sierra Nevada | 5.60 | Bottle conditioned with truly golden colour. Looks of honey, but taste slightly apricot and/or peach. | 6.0 |
| Kostritzer Schwarzbier | Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei | 4.80 | Solid black, light foam, hollow malt taste on tongue, with watery aftertaste in throat. Little to gassy. | 6.0 |
| Waterloo Blone | Du Bocq | 7.50 | Fairly smooth, aftertaste of Co2, but otherwise non-descript fizziness, and average blone taste | 6.0 |
| Fffado Amber | Millevertus sprl Brasserie Artis | 5.00 | Bitter spiciness. Highly golden. | 6.0 |
| La Binchoise Brune | La Binchoise | 8.20 | Very deep ruby red brown. Respectable, but uneventful. | 6.0 |
| Hydes Trojan Horse | Hydes Brewery | 4.20 | Smooth, non-fizzy texture. Rounded malt taste. Ok balance of bitter-sweet. | 6.0 |
| Nightjar | White Park | 4.50 | Aromd of roasted malts starts well, but lack of complex tastes, and watery follow through, is a let down | 6.0 |
| I Beer | Art Brew | 4.00 | Light golden, with soft honey and vanilla aroma and taste. Bitter aftertaste. Vanilla follow through dominates, possibly to excess. | 6.0 |
| George's Best | Mauldons | 4.40 | Light golden colour, but very smooth mouthfeel. Bitter has soft touch, with it hitting soft but fair at start, and disappates in mouth. | 6.0 |
| Dragons Bite | 0.00 | Golden, with initial hop bitter bite. Quickly disappates in taste, so quick in fact, as to leave you with nothing but a light bitter coat in throat. | 6.0 | |
| Govier Dry Cider | Govier | 6.00 | Dry with slightly sour vinegar taste | 6.0 |
| Sarah's Day | 6.00 | Thin and golden cider | 6.0 | |
| Hidden Pint | Hidden Brewery | 3.80 | Mid brown with light hop aroma, and bitter finish. Decent enough, but uneventful | 6.0 |
| Nutty | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Light golden brown with a red tinge, medium head. Undiscernable aroma. Subtle essence of nuts leaning towards hazelnut | 6.0 |
| Buccaneer Xmas | Ertvelde brewery | 9.50 | Fizz overpowers the soft taste. | 6.0 |
| Brodies Amarilla | Brodies | 4.20 | Pale ale with unusual (Armarilla) hop. Like a weak Bulgarian brandy, but without the aromatic nose. | 6.0 |
| Raspbeery | Meantime | 6.50 | Defies expectation: not Belgian in style. Not sweet. Slight sour taste, growing in after-taste. (sour difference here is akin to that of cherry and morella cherry). Good approach to sourness, but no sense of wonder like a good gueze. | 6.0 |
| Sara's Ruby Mild | Magnolia Brew Pub | 3.90 | Very light with a touch of ruby, even less of mild. Fizz, especially on a/t. | 6.0 |
| Cole Porter | Magnolia Brew Pub | 4.80 | Black with brown foam head. It's dry w/bitterness but the malt notes are only present in a/t, and limited at that. Psychosomatic traces of coffee. Looks the part, but doesn't deliver | 6.0 |
| Auld Hemp | Highland Brewery | 3.80 | Soft in taste and mouthfeel. Possibly session beer for newbies. Nothing to remember. | 6.0 |
| Original Sin Pear Cider | Original Sin | 6.00 | Drinkable but so non-descript, I didn't bother making notes. | 6.0 |
| Hobo | Hobo Beer co | 5.10 | Smooth creamy texturing, but lacking any bite. But it's a craft czech lager in a can!?!? | 6.0 |
| Smithwick | Dundalk (Diageo) | 3.80 | Light cream tongue, with fizz. But nothing else special enough to write about | 6.0 |
| Welsh Pride (Balchder Cymru) | Bragdy Conwy Brewery | 4.00 | Pale with decent enough taste, but satiates quickly | 6.0 |
| Cwrw Draig Aur | Robinsons | 4.10 | Disapointing beer from an other exceptional brewer. The empty malt taste belies the apparent full body and rich malt and hops. | 6.0 |
| Happy Daze Med Cider | Gwynt Y Ddraig | 4.60 | Non-descript Welsh cider | 6.0 |
| Bowling Jack | Unknown | 0.00 | Found in Krakow. Has an edge of bitterness with cuts off any flavour developing. Needs food to divert from this fact. +1 to score if food is present. | 6.0 |
| Dry Cider | Dan y Graig | 6.00 | Dry cider with apple bite, but overall furry mouthfeel (even early on) makes it non-session. Have a half. | 6.0 |
| Bread of Heaven | Brains | 4.00 | Highly average age, pretending to be a light ruby. | 6.0 |
| Dream Catcher | Oakham | 6.90 | Red beer with obligatory cherry flavours. Otherwise, other berry flavours are there but distracting. Dry beer with marzipan touches. | 6.0 |
| Tabatha | Partners | 6.00 | A flat and slight source dry bitter. Pretends to be a Belgian triple, but is no where near. | 6.0 |
| Boltmaker | Timothy Taylor | 4.00 | Proper Yorkshire bitter with very little to commend or distract. | 6.0 |
| Little Big Beer | Little Big Beer | 2.00 | Intended as a lunch-time beer with taste. It is: but taste of hazelnut and coffee in odd ratios. In 2016 was brewed by Bath Ales, and it takes like their usual but gone off a bit. | 6.0 |
| Blone | Savour | 5.80 | Pine and fruity are lurking here, but it was too skunky and stodgy to get through | 6.0 |
| Yellow Cab Lager | Evil Twin Brewing | 4.80 | Pale and clear lager, lacking depth of interest | 6.0 |
| Chocolate Beer | Meantime | 6.50 | Looks like dark chocolate beer, but has harsh bitterness on sides. Feels like Guiness, but without the solidness between. | 5.5 |
| Moores Medium Perry | Moores | 6.00 | Solid perry which builds well, but doesn't follow through with potential | 5.5 |
| Krombacher Pils | Krombacher | 4.80 | Light ale, clean taste without anything offensive. malty mouthfeel that holds. Quite fullsome for an amber beer. | 5.5 |
| Rigas Pils | Rigas | 5.20 | Lithuianian pils with slightly sharp bitterness. Highly CO2, which holds. | 5.5 |
| Nikolai | Sinebrychoff | 4.50 | Finnish beer that's slightly above the norm for a session ale. Simple pils, but with nice tang. | 5.5 |
| Metaman IPA | 0.00 | Watery, bitter hops only | 5.5 | |
| Gannet Mild | Earl Soham | 3.30 | A dark lager from Suffolk with aspirations to be a mild. (Let alone a well-balanced one.) | 5.5 |
| Duivel Bier | Brouwerij Boon | 8.00 | Translates as either Devil or Diabolical. Strong dark beer, with solid bitterness, but hollow taste. Don't confused with Duvel. | 5.0 |
| Medium sweet | Winkleigh | 6.00 | Thin, looks like weak cordial. Boisterous taste. Better as an accompaniment. | 5.0 |
| Sagres Bohemia | Central de Cervejas | 6.20 | Brown red, without head. Slightly hoppy aftertaste. | 5.0 |
| Cintra | Cervejarias | 4.80 | Little yellow, clean pils, with slight bitterness, but lots of fizziness | 5.0 |
| Super Bock | Unicer | 5.60 | Pale honey yellow, without head and targets lager boys. Unmalted cereals, with glucose syrups so not a bright lager. | 5.0 |
| Wech??? | 0.00 | Fizzy at start with full creamy hop. Bitter on aftertaste. Later tang of biscuit leading to good continued mouthfeel. | 5.0 | |
| Umbrel | 3.60 | Smooth with a coriandar taste, but no after-taste tang. Slightly buzz if quaffed. | 5.0 | |
| Roisin Tayberry | Heather | 4.20 | Overpowering on Tayberry (whatever fruit that is!) Entirely dependent on whether you like that specific fruit! | 5.0 |
| Jever | Jever Frisian Brewery | 4.90 | Light ale with clean aroma but bitter back bite, and sourness at end. | 5.0 |
| Kulmbacher Doppelbock | Kulmbacher | 7.50 | Ruby in colour and red malty flavour. Not too sweet. | 5.0 |
| Eku | SeyBrew | 0.00 | Light ruby beer | 5.0 |
| Koff | Sinebrychoff brewery | 4.50 | Finnish beer. Clean pils, but nothing special | 5.0 |
| Gunpowder Strong Mild | Coach House | 3.80 | Sweet and smooth mild, with traditional black colouring. Slight aftertaste of note, but preceeding emptiness is disappointing. | 5.0 |
| Flower Power | Whim | 5.30 | Sherbet nose, lemon zest, bitter after-taste. Light amber in colour, with pangs of crushed paracetamol! | 5.0 |
| Cider Lady's Finger SV | Hecks | 6.50 | A surprisingly vingery taste, and not that pleasant. Surprising, given the maker. | 5.0 |
| Old Bloomer | Concrete Cow | 4.70 | Light ruby in colour, and put under the 'best bitter' category. Overiding hazlenut flavours, and strong pungent aroma to match. Vibrant fizzy ale, which settles down in aftertaste. Slightly sharp. | 5.0 |
| Dragons Tale | Marstons | 4.50 | Rich red and creamy mouthfeel. Very little bitterness, which hangs in the a/t. | 5.0 |
| Skipper Clememts American Pale A | Svaneke Bryghuset | 5.70 | Musty golden colour and floral aroma. Average pale ale, with nothing to distinguish it from other beers. Unfiltered but with little residue. | 5.0 |
| Golden Honey wheat | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Musky golden colour with large head. Undiscerning aroma with orange. Better with food, such as ham or pork fillet/loin or roast cooked simply with light flavours | 5.0 |
| Queen | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Clear golden, good head. Heiniken smell. Fizzy, rounded light beer with a lemon after taste. Light version of OPA, without the piercing fizziness you get from a lager | 5.0 |
| Peach Beer | ØRBÆK | 5.00 | Cloudy golden with distinctive fresh peach smell. Alas, all the peach is in the smell not the flavour, making it an undiscernable bitter beer. Lost opportunity so much promise in the smell but no peach flavour, this has the potential to be a good beer wit | 5.0 |
| Poachers Ale | Sandstone | 4.40 | Weak and fizzy. | 5.0 |
| Pheonix - Fresh | Pheonix | 3.50 | From Mauritius - selling point 1. Has lemon flavours - selling point 2. Cheap - selling point 3. None convinced me. | 5.0 |
| O'Kane Stout | O'Kane | 0.00 | Watery, with nothing memorable. Thicker consistency when on draught. | 5.0 |
| O'Kane Red | O'Kane? | 0.00 | Watery barley water, which has been shown a bottle of Ribena, once :( | 5.0 |
| Canada | Dominion | 4.00 | A dark amber beer that lacks any notes of distinction. But it's from Essex, so can't be given any lower than 5. | 5.0 |
| The Ale of Leven | Loch Lomond | 4.50 | Hopefully this was off as the notes of sour vinegar didn't match the description of a sweet yet spicy, amber ale | 5.0 |
| La Zia Ale | Birra Damare | 5.50 | Trying too hard to be different with rosemary and artichoke's in the brew. Fails. | 5.0 |
| Black hole | Roman | 5.60 | Grolsch with a metallic hue. But, considering it’s only a pils, it’s not that bad. | 4.0 |
| Adriaen Brouwer | Roman | 5.00 | Highly fermented brown beer, dark taste, but hollow | 4.0 |
| Coral | Cervejas da Madeira | 5.30 | Straightforward pils that comes across as fizzy water | 4.0 |
| Tagus | Mare Nostrum | 5.00 | Fizzy, straight pils | 4.0 |
| Santa's Nuts | Fox Brewery | 4.80 | Mild in structure, but not aromatic in anyway. Thin. Tastes a bit like hairspray, with raspy-ness on tongue. | 4.0 |
| Farmhouse Medium Cider | Sheppy's | 6.00 | Harsh, sour, and not effective. Maybe usable as a mixer | 4.0 |
| Primator Zalozeno | Unknown | 0.00 | A far too sour wheat beer. Might be ok for extremists. | 4.0 |
| Utzon Center Blond | Søgaards Bryghus | 5.00 | Cloudy appearance with citrus pine smell, with a hint of honey. Light citrus taste with misplaced bitterness. Tastes like the smell of lemon fairy liquid | 3.5 |